Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents' Decisions to Home School

Cheryl Fields-Smith; Meca Williams-Johnson

doi:10.1007/s11256-008-0114-x

Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents' Decisions to Home School

Cheryl Fields-Smith, Meca Williams-Johnson

Curriculum, Foundations, & Reading

University of Georgia

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This study examines home schooling among Black parents by providing insight to Black families’ beliefs, concerns, and desires for their children’s education. To date, the literature remains void of empirical work related to home education among African American families. However, the present study directly addresses this void. Findings demonstrated that parents’ motivations to home school included issues related to race and home-school interaction. In addition, Black parents reported that religious beliefs influenced their decisions to home school. But, unlike their Caucasian counterparts, Black home educators described a more liberatory form of religion.

Original language	American English
Journal	The Urban Review
Volume	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-008-0114-x
State	Published - Dec 6 2008

Keywords

African American education
African American families
Home schooling

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Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum and Social Inquiry
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
Educational Methods

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